I'm very interested in many things, but especially books and the history of ideas. I'm fascinated by the ways in which people come to their beliefs, and justify those beliefs against skeptics. Although I'm usually the skeptic.I'm haunted by beauty, and occasionally by sadness, although I suspect more and more that these are the same thing. But I'm not a sad person, as such; I find much joy in living, and in life, on my own and with my children.